"There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better."
"The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing."
"It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection."
"Either this wallpaper goes, or I do."
"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."
"Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring."